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Watch: Driver films van 'engulfed in flames' on side of major highway

A passing motorist filmed the blaze on Transmission Gully this morning.

Green MP Tamatha Paul believed she would die young: 'You just want to lie in bed in the dark'

The 28-year-old politician on living with invisible disabilities.

Finalists named for 2025 Deloitte Top 200 Awards

A new S&P/NZX 50 index debuts, giving listed firms greater visibility and insight.

Historic train and murder on the express to feature in Art Deco Festival

Up to 3500 people may be aboard for rides as steam train nostalgia returns in February.

Flights cancelled and power outages as 'powerful weather system' moves up NZ

Heavy rain warnings are in force as snow settles near Queenstown.

New Waikato mayor vows to unite community and ‘get to work’

Aksel Bech secured 12,148 votes to replace outgoing mayor Jacqui Church.

Power from the past: When waterwheels drove NZ's progress

A turbine seized by the Germans in WWII later powered the Arapuni station in 1949.

Glenn Dwight: Burping lids to bankruptcy – the Tupperware party's over

OPINION: It wasn’t just plastic. It was a lifestyle. A promise. A commitment to leftovers.

Vege tips: Kūmara - time to get planting

OPINION: Friends are always asking me how to grow kūmara, Kem Ormond says.

'We’re all devastated': Northland families face losing farms to four-lane highway

The Bryhams face losing a 100ha dairy farm with six homes built over 60 years.

Father of four finds long-term career through Hawke’s Bay horticulture programme

The MSD-funded Core Talent scheme gives up to 10 locals fulltime roles each year.

'Takes the pressure off': Rangitīkei mayor hopes rail logging deal keeps rolling

'Forestry isn’t the only heavy operation that uses the road, but it is significant.'

Queenstown tourism chief selling his historic Gibbston cottage

Expats and locals showing interest in Skyline boss's stylish home.

Former TVNZ weatherman: I sold my plane, and now I'm selling my dream home

Jim Hickey's unusual hangar house is up for grabs.

Boatshed with ‘afternoon delight’ sells at the slap of a jandal

Lively auction sees blue shed sell for $188,000.

Upcycling queen of Timaru sells her chic villa for over $600,000

The buyer walked in and said, "Hey, I've got that at home.”

Couple quit their multi-million-dollar bach after finding new passion

They decided to sell just months after finishing rebuild on Whangamatā's beachfront.

Clifftop mega-home hits the market - 'this is $32m all day long'

Brit's four-storey Auckland mansion "beyond anything else I have seen", says agent.